New Delhi, July 1 -- The Delhi High Court has upheld the quashing of the 2022 amendments to the service rules governing the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS) and the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS), holding that the amendments suffered from arbitrariness as the Union Government failed to justify why it shifted the crucial date for promotion eligibility to July 1 instead of January 1.

While affirming the Central Administrative Tribunal's decision to set aside the Gazette Notifications introducing the amendments, the High Court modified the Tribunal's directions by holding that courts cannot compel the executive to amend statutory rules in a particular manner.

Instead, it directed the Min...